Award
Man Booker International Prize
Man Booker International Prize was a biennial literary award presented from 2005 to 2015 to recognize a living author’s overall contribution to fiction on the world stage. Unlike the later International Booker Prize, it honored an author’s body of work rather than a single title, celebrating writers whose fiction had achieved international significance and was available in English, including works in translation. Widely regarded as one of the most prestigious international literary honors of its time, the prize helped spotlight globally influential authors and elevate translated literature for English-speaking readers.
2015
2013
2011
Philip Roth was one of the most influential American novelists of the late 20th century, known for his bold, often controversial explorations of identity, sexuality, and American life. He was born in Newark, New Jersey into a Jewish American family, and his upbringing in that community became a...
2009
Alice Munro was a Canadian writer widely considered one of the greatest masters of the short story. Born in Ontario, much of her work is set in small-town Canada, where she draws on ordinary settings to explore deeply complex emotional lives.
Her stories often focus on women and the quiet turning...
2007
Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, critic, and professor widely regarded as one of the most influential voices in modern African literature. His writing helped reshape how Africa and African experiences were represented in literature, offering perspectives that challenged colonial...
